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A comment on California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th grade statewide. Parent comment

Re:California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th gra... by imtringued on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @05:41AM (#29328698)
"formal math education"? That only starts in college/university. Everything before that has been highly informal in my experience. We didn't even learn something as fundamental as first-order logic during school!

If you spent the math classes on getting the basics right, the rest could be formalized and then deepened in college. The saved time could be used to go to college earlier.

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Re:California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th gra... by guerrilla on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @06:14AM (#29328856)
They don't mean "(formal math) education" they mean "formal (math education)". Formal education is structured education opposed to informal education where you just pick things up casually.
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